From d29963d39adbb136ad2a4ec99a8e82f822629890 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dahall <dahall@byu.net>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2022 15:14:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added PinnedObject implicit operator to unsafe void*.

---
 Core/InteropServices/PinnedObject.cs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Core/InteropServices/PinnedObject.cs b/Core/InteropServices/PinnedObject.cs
index 5e088d54..18b2ae14 100644
--- a/Core/InteropServices/PinnedObject.cs
+++ b/Core/InteropServices/PinnedObject.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ namespace Vanara.InteropServices
 		/// <returns>The result of the conversion.</returns>
 		public static implicit operator IntPtr(PinnedObject ap) => !ap.IsInvalid ? ap.pinnedArray.AddrOfPinnedObject().Offset(ap.mOffset) : IntPtr.Zero;
 
+		/// <summary>Get an unsafe pointer to the pinned memory of the object with any preset offset.</summary>
+		/// <param name="ap">The <see cref="PinnedObject"/> instance.</param>
+		/// <returns>The result of the conversion.</returns>
+		public static unsafe implicit operator void*(PinnedObject ap) => !ap.IsInvalid ? (void*)ap.pinnedArray.AddrOfPinnedObject().Offset(ap.mOffset) : null;
+
 		/// <summary>Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.</summary>
 		public void Dispose()
 		{